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There are a few additional moments of greatness, but also a few more tracks on the opposite side--they may make for great background listening, but seem to require altered states to get through while focusing on the music.
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Even if it doesn’t quite represent the grand tour Nightmares On Wax originally envisaged, the album at least provides an enjoyable detour or two.
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This isn't really an album to analyse in any great depth, more to nod to endlessly, ideally with a drink in hand and a clutch of friends arrayed around, in staunch defiance of our grey-skied British reality.
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Every song on the album is crafted with clinical meticulousness, its production clean as a whistle, but like a flawlessly constructed garment lacking in inventive design it ultimately falls short.
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Much of Thought passes by like a lazy Sunday morning, enjoyably floating by, if not so memorable.
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There is the occasional brief moment when interest is piqued: the ring chant vocals on 'Be There,' the electro nods and ragga toasting of 195lbs. But they are not enough.